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I have followed all of the instructions above to turn on Find My Mac. My Mac is running the current OS and the iphone is also up to date. The Mac shows up with the message "No location found Online" on the Find My app on the iPhone, why?
iMac 27" 5K, macOS 10.15
The Mac has been logged into the same Apple ID as the iPhone during all testing of this feature. What I discovered is the Mac must have the Wi-Fi turned on in order to establish a location.
Test 1: A couple days ago it couldn't be found use the iPhone Find My or logging into the iCloud app. Then I turned on the Mac Wi-Fi, even though I already had internet connection with Ethernet. The location suddenly appeared on the map. Then I turned the Wi-Fi off, Ethernet is still connected to the internet. And the location got stale and never refreshed afterwards.
Test 2: Today the Mac location couldn't be found while the Mac Wi-Fi is off. While I was logged on to iCloud, with the Mac, I turned the Wi-Fi on, and suddenly the location updated.
This series of positive and negative testing proves that the Wi-Fi on my Mac must be turned on in order to establish a location for iCloud Find My Mac and Find My mobile app. Very bad design.
I am running macOS Catalina Version 10.15.2.
This doesn't make any sense because I use an Ethernet connection for the Mac and I don't want to use the Wi-Fi. I think Apple iOS has a bug, the Find My Mac iCloud app must work with an Ethernet connection alone and should not depend on Wi-fi to establish the location. The Find My mobile should also find the Mac while the Mac is connected to the internet using Ethernet. What if the Mac were stolen and they used an Ethernet connection only? Then the Find My Mac is useless. Please fix it.
Bruce
The Mac has been logged into the same Apple ID as the iPhone during all testing of this feature. What I discovered is the Mac must have the Wi-Fi turned on in order to establish a location.
Test 1: A couple days ago it couldn't be found use the iPhone Find My or logging into the iCloud app. Then I turned on the Mac Wi-Fi, even though I already had internet connection with Ethernet. The location suddenly appeared on the map. Then I turned the Wi-Fi off, Ethernet is still connected to the internet. And the location got stale and never refreshed afterwards.
Test 2: Today the Mac location couldn't be found while the Mac Wi-Fi is off. While I was logged on to iCloud, with the Mac, I turned the Wi-Fi on, and suddenly the location updated.
This series of positive and negative testing proves that the Wi-Fi on my Mac must be turned on in order to establish a location for iCloud Find My Mac and Find My mobile app. Very bad design.
I am running macOS Catalina Version 10.15.2.
This doesn't make any sense because I use an Ethernet connection for the Mac and I don't want to use the Wi-Fi. I think Apple iOS has a bug, the Find My Mac iCloud app must work with an Ethernet connection alone and should not depend on Wi-fi to establish the location. The Find My mobile should also find the Mac while the Mac is connected to the internet using Ethernet. What if the Mac were stolen and they used an Ethernet connection only? Then the Find My Mac is useless. Please fix it.
Bruce
On your Mac, Go To Settings-->>Apple ID-->>iCloud and ensure that Find My Mac has a checkmark to the left of it. Click on Options to the right of Find My Mac and ensure that both options are set to ON.
Ensure that both your iPhone and your Mac are signed on to the same Apple ID for this to work.
Axel F.
Axel, I appreciate your reply but everything is set the way you describe and it doesn't work. I get "Online, No Location Available"
Bruce
Magically it started to work. But maybe it started to work after I turned the iPhone Find My iPhone off and waited a few minutes and then turned it on again. Go figure! I didn't change anything else. But I did turn the Mac Wi-Fi on and that seemed to fix the location. But I turned it off afterwards the location still worked.
Just wanted to confirm that your Mac is logged into the same Apple ID as your iPhone. If that is true then please read the following-
If you see "Offline," "No location available," or "Location Services Off," your device might be offline for one of these reasons: It's powered off, the battery has run out, or more than 24 hours passed since the last location was sent to Apple (if Send Last Location is turned on).
Try again and make sure that your Mac is logged into the Apple ID and it is connected to the internet. Thanks.
Axel F.
Find my Mac message - "No location found Online"
